Round Three

Left (Tie)

あはれとやかみもおもはむすみのえのふかくたのみをかくるみなれば

aware to ya kami mo omowamu suminoe no fukaku tanomi o kakuru mi nareba

‘How sad,’ does The God, too, think? For at Suminoe Deep in devotions Am I entangled…

Lord Tsunemori
105

Right

たのみつるこのひとむらの人ごとにちとせをゆづれすみよしのまつ

tanomitsuru kono hitomura no hito goto ni chitose o yuzure sumiyoshi no matsu

Devoted are This group of folk, so To each and every one Grant a thousand years, O, pines of Sumiyoshi!

Lord Yorisuke
106

The poem of the Left, saying ‘deep in devotions’ and suchlike, is pleasant, I have to say. Does the poem of the Right’s ‘this group of folk’ refer to the current poets or to the speaker’s own household? Well, whichever it is, the conception of devotion does not appear to be slight, but again I say this is a tie.